Mobile Terminal and Controlling Method Thereof

1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: backing up an application and detailed application information of the application stored in a backup target terminal; restoring the detailed application information other than the application to the restoration target terminal when a same version of the application is already installed on the restoration target terminal; and restoring the detailed application information other than the application to the restoration target terminal when the application is registered to a white list and when a higher version of the application is already installed on the restoration target terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying an indicator window configured to indicate a process of a restoration operation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the application is not installed on the restoration target terminal when the restoration target terminal is supposed to restore the detailed application information, the method further comprises: installing the application on the restoration target terminal by downloading the application from an external server, and then restoring the detailed application information of the application on the restoration target terminal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the application is incompatible with the restoration target terminal, the method further comprises registering the application to a blacklist.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein when the application is registered to the blacklist, the method further comprises: backing up abstract information of the application is backed up, and downloading a compatible version of the application to the restoration target terminal from an external server using the abstract information of the application.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the restoration target terminal is identical to the backup target terminal.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the restoration target terminal is configured to operate by a same operating system of a version different from a version of the backup target terminal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the restoration target terminal is different from the backup target terminal.

9. A mobile terminal set as a restoration target, the mobile terminal comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to receive backup information of an application and detailed application information of the application; and a controller configured to: restore the detailed application information other than the application to the restoration target terminal when a same version of the application is already installed on the restoration target terminal; and restore the detailed application information other than the application to the restoration target terminal when the application is registered to a white list and when a higher version of the application is already installed on the restoration target terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , further comprising a display, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display an indicator window configured to indicate a process of a restoration operation.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein if the application is not installed on the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is supposed to restore the detailed application information, the controller is further configured to: install the application by downloading the application from an external server; and then restore the detailed application information of the application.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein if the application is incompatible with the mobile terminal, the controller is further configured to: register the application to a blacklist; and install a compatible version of the application by downloading the application from an external server.